Scriptural Geography - Portraying the Holy Land

Informationen zum Autor Edwin James Aiken is a member of the School of Geography! Archaeology and Palaeoecology at Queen's University! Belfast. Demonstrates the significance of the geography of the Holy Land in Western thought and argument. This book shows how religious writers called upon geographical knowledge to the benefit of their readers. Zusammenfassung For nineteenth century scholars the Holy Land was not just a region of the globe! it was an idea! an intellectual and a moral space charged with the heat of debate between those trying to understand the religious! social and scientific upheavals of the time. Edwin Aiken explores the various ways in which geographical knowledge was used in these debates and shows how religious writers called upon geographical knowledge to the benefit of their readers. The result is an original and stimulating work of scholarship that demonstrates the significance of the geography of the Holy Land in Western thought and argument! and makes important contributions to the history of geography! the nature of Orientalism! and to the evolving relationship between religion and science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Illustrations 1. Introduction: Inscribing Terra Sancta 2. A History of Scriptural Geography 3. The Didactic Order: Michael Russell 4. The Polemical Order: Josias Leslie Porter 5. The Contextual Order: George Adam Smith 6. Conclusion: Learning from the story Notes Bibliography Index...

Product details

• Authors: Edwin James Aiken
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2020
• EAN: 9781350170865
• ISBN: 978-1-350-17086-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Tauris Historical Geographical Series; Tauris Historical Geographical
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies